While declaring victory in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, Republican Tom Emmer tells supporters "They tell us all the time that when one door closes another one opens. As I've told many of you, they do not tell us how miserable it is to wait in the hallway."

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While declaring victory in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, Republican Tom Emmer tells supporters "They tell us all the time that when one door closes another one opens. As I've told many of you, they do not tell us how miserable it is to wait in the hallway."

Tarryl Clark lost to Michele Bachmann last year in the race for Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. But she's not throwing in the towel. Redistricting will allow Clark to challenge Republican Chip Cravaack next year in the state's 8th Congressional District.

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If you want a preview of what the final weeks of the Minnesota legislative session might be like, just watch a tense conversation that happened late Tuesday night between DFL and Republican representatives. The Republican controlled House Ways and Means Committee had just turned away all DFL suggested ideas for what the state's budget should be.

Erin Murphy knows sexual harassment in the restaurant industry because she witnessed it first hand working as a waitress while going to high school and college. So it was no surprise to her that a 2014 report called "The Glass Floor" found that paying restaurant workers sub-minimum wages led to more sexual harassment.

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